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Image: Ezra Shaw/Getty ImagesBy Adario Strange2017-07-01 18:26:36 UTC The golden boy of the NBA's champion Golden State Warriors, Steph Curry, is officially the best paid player in the entire league. Curry's new contract, which was confirmed early Saturday...

Image: Ng Yi Shu/MashableBy Yi Shu Ng2017-07-01 16:03:14 UTC More than 20,000 Singaporeans came to country's annual LGBTQ festival, Pink Dot, this year, according to organizers, and that's no small feat considering the number of roadblocks the 9-year-old festival...

The iMac's 5K Retina display is the best on any all-in-one computer.Image: raymond wong/mashableBy Raymond Wong2017-07-01 16:00:00 UTC Mashable Choice highlights the best of everything we cover, have experienced first-hand and would recommend to others. "Apple doesn't...

Sports are fun!Image: AP/REX/ShutterstockBy Sam Laird2017-07-01 14:52:54 UTC We recently looked back at 8.5 of our favorites sports moments so far this year, but guess what? We still have half of 2017 yet to come! With that in mind, here are five more sports...

iPhone 2020 will bring on the AirPods.Image: bob al-greene/mashableBy Brett Williams2017-07-01 13:00:00 UTC The iPhone of the future may or may not look much like its predecessors, but at some point in the next few years it's almost a sure bet that Apple is going to...

Download those new apps ASAP.Image: drew angerer/Getty ImagesBy Freia Lobo2017-07-01 12:00:00 UTC It's completely possible that you weren't able to keep up with app updates this week considering all of the speculation of what the iPhone will look like in 2020. If...

Image: extreme toysBy Team CommerceMashable Shopping2017-07-01 11:00:00 UTC While smartphone-based VR is still in the early stages, there are some drones that prove the technology is coming along quicker than we think. Smart, fast, and able to fit...

The novel I wrote for National Novel Writing Month is now crowdfunding with Unbound.By Sam Haysom2017-07-01 08:00:00 UTC Back in December 2015, I wrote a fairly waffling account of my attempt to write 50,000 words in 30 days for National Novel Writing Month. You can...

Team Afghanistan at work.Image: first globalBy Colin Daileda2017-06-30 23:09:28 UTC A robotics competition team of Afghan girls won't be able to watch their creation compete in person. They were recently denied one-week visas to the United States to come to...

Image: Eric Risberg/AP/REX/ShutterstockBy Kellen Beck2017-06-30 20:28:11 UTC Palmer Luckey, co-founder of Oculus virtual reality, gave his old employers at Oculus and Facebook a huge middle finger this week by donating thousands of dollars to a VR project that makes...

Image: jameslee/pixabayBy Bari BlitzerMashable Shopping2017-06-30 20:21:45 UTC The Fourth of July is a time for pool floats, copious hot dogs, and shopping – yes, shopping. Thanks to a host of sales offering discounts on big ticket items, you could save some...

Image: lili sams/mashableBy Nicole Gallucci2017-06-30 20:19:52 UTC Finally, the madness is almost over. Since March, Crayola — yes, the art supply company that ran your childhood — has been stringing the world along on a troublesome and emotional...

Get things cooking this summer with these portable grills.Image: cuisinartBy Molly LevineMashable Shopping2017-06-30 20:06:24 UTC We can all agree that summertime means three things: ice cream for dinner, an unhealthy obsession with air conditioning, and the...

Chance The Rapper at Bonnaroo Music and Arts Festival on June 10, 2017.Image: Michael Hurcomb/REX/ShutterstockBy Brian De Los Santos2017-06-30 19:55:10 UTC Damnit, Chance. Chance the Rapper's long been known as a rap iconoclast, with a persona largely centered around...

The lyrics are moving.Image: Angela Pham/BFA/REX/ShutterstockBy Suzanne Ciechalski2017-06-30 19:19:59 UTC In case you haven't heard yet, JAY-Z is seriously opening up on his new album, 4:44. He seems to cover everything, from his former friendship with Kanye West, to...

The old time favorites are back.Image: matt cardy/Getty ImagesBy Molly Sequin2017-06-30 19:06:47 UTC Vinyl records are truly a thing of beauty. They were the first thing to bring personal music libraries to the masses, and that's something we'll never forget. While...

Romy Camargo (left) meets his human assistant robot for the first time.Image: toyotaBy Lance Ulanoff2017-06-30 15:06:25 -0400 The robots are coming ... to help us. Almost a decade ago, as the U.S. war in Afghanistan trudged on, Army Ranger Romulo Camargo was shot in...

By Chloe Bryan2017-06-30 19:00:29 UTC The best part of the Fourth of July is indisputably the cookout, whether that's lakeside with your family and a huge grill or TV-side in your unfurnished apartment with your roommate and a stovetop. (It still counts as a cookout...

It's Germany vs Facebook.By Gianluca Mezzofiore2017-06-30 17:23:59 UTC Facebook beware — Germany is finally getting serious on fighting hate speech, and that has wider consequences. For some time, the European country flagged the possibility it could impose a...

By Chloe Bryan2017-06-30 17:11:34 UTC If you think a small baby flamingo desperately trying to adult sounds adorable, congratulations. You are a genius and you are absolutely correct. Here's the little bird in question. It's currently living at Pittsburgh's National...

Become a VR pro with this super simple camera.Image: lenovoBy Molly Sequin2017-06-30 16:39:58 UTC Virtual reality (VR) is undeniably cool, but think about just how much of the experience is wasted. Total immersion requires a complete sphere of video ("360"), but...

Image: blizzard entertainmentBy Kellen Beck2017-06-30 16:28:49 UTC Blizzard is bringing 1998's StarCraft back to life with StarCraft Remastered Aug. 14, the developer revealed with a live action trailer Thursday. StarCraft Remastered, first announced in March, is...

Image: STOCKSYBy Team Commerce Mashable Shopping2017-06-30 15:22:51 UTC Do you have the attention span of a goldfish? A new meditation app, Aura, claims it can still help you out. Aura entered a saturated meditation market with a mission and an edge. By combining...

Image: LORIS RAVERA/MASHABLEBy Raymond Wong2017-06-30 15:11:13 UTC Every iPhone has come with a hole in its bottom. Did I say hole? I meant charging port. First it was the 30-pin port on the iPhone "2G" in 2007, which lasted until the iPhone 4S in 2011. And then it...

Using a 3D water printer and high-speed flash, water droplets were animated in stop motion to bring a liquid human figure to life.The technology is unique, taking over 11 days in a studio to complete. It was produced for a special Gatorade ad. The printer was guided...

Elon Musk's boring machine, Godot.Image: Elon Musk/INstagramBy Stan Schroeder2017-06-30 12:46:48 UTC Elon Musk tweeted on Thursday that his tunnel boring machine has completed the first segment of tunnel in Los Angeles. On Friday, he followed up with images and...

Image: Vicky Leta/MashableBy Katie Dupere2017-06-30 12:29:57 UTC It's a saying we've all heard many times over: young people are the future. But they're doing amazing things right now that deserve to be recognized and celebrated, too. That's especially true for...

Image: mashable composite: Samuel Corum/Anadolu Agency/Getty Images/YouTubeBy Brian Koerber2017-06-30 11:00:00 UTC "It's just a prank!" What started as a playful trend has turned into an embarrassment for the internet. It's not "just" a prank anymore. ...

By Gianluca Mezzofiore2017-06-30 10:53:26 UTC Snapchat's new feature, Snap Maps, is freaking people out big time. TL;DR: it doesn't just tell your friends where you are, it also discloses some of your activities. To be fair, Snap Maps also has the potential to...

By Sam Haysom2017-06-30 10:01:35 UTC The internet may be full of angry people and trolls, but sometimes it's just plain nice. On Thursday morning, Christopher Hope-Smith asked Twitter for help. His son Ollie was turning 9 soon, Hope-Smith wrote, but there was a bully...

Image: Shutterstock / aopsanBy Yvette Tan2017-06-30 08:21:02 UTC You know how they say persistence is the key to success? This guy is the living embodiment of that. One man in Singapore made it his mission to get KFC to bring back its Hot Devil Drumlets —...

A Blue Apron box waits to be opened on a kitchen counter.Image: Scott Eisen/Getty ImagesBy Patrick Kulp2017-06-30 04:19:46 UTC A giant wall of lettuce, crates of vegetables, and gourmet food stands adorned the front of the New York Stock Exchange building on Thursday...

Still as fresh faced as ever.Image: iStock / GettyBy Jack Morse2017-06-30 02:55:53 UTC Ransomware is not new. The malware, which encrypts data and demands payment in exchange for decryption keys, has been with us for almost 30 years. So why does it feel like it's...

By Rebecca Ruiz2017-06-29 23:49:41 UTC If you love gender equality and can't get enough of clever internet memes, then the #passtheERA campaign is perfect for you. The digital initiative wants to wipe the dust off an old idea and make it feel fresh to a...

Image: Yury Shchipakin/shutterstockBy Janice Wilson2017-06-29 19:00:00 UTC Uber’s impressive string of fiascos has singlehandledly underscored the need for more women in tech. A company that lacks diversity often lacks an intrinsic system of checks and...

Microsoft Researcher Ofer Dekel holds a tiny microprocessor that might one day be able to run machine learning algorithmsImage: Dan Delong/microsoftBy Lance Ulanoff2017-06-29 18:56:39 UTC Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning usually work best with a lot of...

Image: Getty ImagesBy Martha Tesema2017-06-29 18:53:23 UTC John Legend and his music may conjure gentle and soft images, but do not be mistaken—the man can deliver a great burn with less than 140 characters, especially if his target's last name is Trump. ...

Apple CEO Tim Cook is on-brand, if nothing else.Image: AP/REX/ShutterstockBy Karissa Bell2017-06-29 18:12:59 UTC Tim Cook just acknowledged the iPhone's tenth anniversary in the most Apple way possible. "Here's to the #iPhone that changed the world, to the man who...

Buy refurbished devices and save a little money.By Bari BlitzerMashable Shopping2017-06-29 17:53:08 UTC No need to drop hundreds on a high-tech device when you can save some money with a refurbished gadget. I know what you’re thinking: doesn’t refurbished...

Image: Getty ImagesBy Max Knoblauch2017-06-29 16:16:44 UTC Hello, this is the CEO of Amazon/owner of The Washington Post Jeff Bezos. At around 9:00 a.m. on June 28, President Trump tweeted the following: The #AmazonWashingtonPost, sometimes referred to as the guardian...

Jon Hamm as Don Draper.Image: Justina Mintz/AMCBy Laura Prudom2017-06-29 14:54:00 UTC On June 29, 2007, our pockets, purses and priorities were changed forever by the launch of the iPhone. But at the time, Apple's hottest gadget wasn't even the biggest news of the...

Image: mashableBy Kerry Flynn2017-06-29 14:13:54 UTC Haters gonna hate. But you don't have to see it anymore, at least not on Instagram. Facebook's photo sharing app announced a new product Thursday that — SURPRISE — isn't just a copycat of a Snapchat...

The original iPhone still looks stunning today.Image: raymond wong/mashableBy Raymond Wong2017-06-29 13:00:00 UTC I can still remember in vivid detail the very first time I saw the original iPhone in the flesh. My 16-hour direct flight from Hong Kong had just...

Not on top of the world, just on top of a jungle gym.Image: Columbia PicturesBy Angie Han2017-06-29 12:58:50 UTC Over the last decade, we've watched as Marvel Studios built its cinematic universe brick by brick – from the pleasant surprise of the original Iron...

Was London her last concert?Image: Getty ImagesBy Gianluca Mezzofiore2017-06-29 12:28:56 UTC Adele might have just confirmed one of her fans' worst fears — that she might never tour again. During an emotional Wembley Stadium concert on Wednesday evening,...

Image: tim horton'sBy Heather Dockray2017-06-29 10:10:53 UTC It's rare when Canada actually comes up with something more disgusting than most Americans could imagine — so we must celebrate those lonely moments when they come. Tim Horton's, the beloved Canadian...

What if you could just tap your hand, instead of your Opal card, to get on public transit?Image: wikimedia commonsBy Molly Sequin2017-06-29 08:13:17 UTC Public transit can be a nightmare. Endless amounts of people and fumbling with your transit card are pretty much...

Steve Jobs with the original iPhone in 2007Image: David Paul Morris/Getty ImagesBy Adario Strange2017-06-29 04:30:00 UTC One of the reasons I hate it when people "call bullshit" on technology that still hasn't played itself out in the market yet (cough, VR, cough), is...

Leave your chargers at home.Image: ArroeBy Molly Sequin2017-06-29 04:21:35 UTC One of the most stressful parts of leaving home is wondering if your laptop and smartphone will die when you need them most. LAER, a Bluetooth-enabled laptop sleeve currently raising...

Bobby Shmurda at a Jourdan Dunn 'Cell For Gratitude' charity event in New York on Sept. 7, 2014.Image: X Prutting/BFA/REX/ShutterstockBy Brian De Los Santos2017-06-29 00:53:41 UTC The ballad of Brooklyn-bred rapper Bobby Shmurda is a surreal tale of meteoric rise...

This is not good.Image: Christopher Mineses/MashableBy Jack Morse2017-06-28 23:13:35 UTC Is ransomware still ransomware if its goal is purely to destroy? This is less if-a-tree-falls hypothetical and more sobering reality for the untold number of people across the...

Security just ramped up for anyone flying into the U.S.Image: Spencer Platt/Getty Images)By Sasha Lekach2017-06-28 22:06:45 UTC We've been waiting for the electronics ban to expand beyond flights coming to the U.S. from the Middle East and parts of Africa, but on...

Migrants ride a bus along the border of Hungary and Serbia.Image: Ray Tang/REX/ShutterstockBy Colin Daileda2017-06-28 21:33:30 UTC Emily Kennedy spent her undergrad years reading child sex-trafficking ads. She wanted to understand their ticks: Why was this ad...

By Mia Johnson2017-06-28 21:06:08 UTC A new challenge from Lin Manuel-Miranda was meant to inspire Hamilton covers from the people of the world. And a lot of celebrities wanted to jump on the bandwagon. On Monday, Miranda launched a Prizeo charity challenge...

Apple Maps has a new 'flyover' mode in iOS 11 that looks like Google Earth VR.Image: screenshot/ Apple mapsBy Karissa Bell2017-06-28 21:05:11 UTC You're soon going to have a new reason to use Apple Maps. Apple is adding a new feature to its mapping app that lets you...

By Kellen Beck2017-06-28 20:42:50 UTC [embedded content] Minecraft players come up with some pretty creative creations, but this one in particular makes us wish we could live inside Minecraft, even just for a week or two. Redditor FamilyCraft shared their own...

Meet xHamsterina.Image: xHamsterBy Cassie Murdoch2017-06-28 13:20:29 -0700 Porn platform xHamster has announced that it's created its own sex doll. Yay? This is the first time a porn site has made a sex doll based on the preferences of their most active users. Their...

By Lance Ulanoff2017-06-28 20:12:28 UTC Bixby is no Siri killer. One looks out on the world while the other looks in. That is one difference between Samsung’s Bixby digital assistant and Apple’s Siri. The other is that Siri shows the polish of six-plus...

By Brian Koerber2017-06-28 19:53:23 UTC Leave it to a dad to find a new way to take nap. Skyler Nitschke from Louisiana captured her dad doing something a little strange recently, and it's either incredibly inventive, super dangerous, or a mixture of both. According...

Aerial view of the Göbekli Tepe dig site in Turkey.Image: German Archaeological Institute By Maria Gallucci2017-06-28 19:03:05 UTC An ancient "skull cult" might've existed thousands of years ago in present-day Turkey. Three deeply carved skulls found at the...

By Stephanie Walden2017-06-28 17:00:55 UTC There are a few telltale signs that you're just not naturally a morning person: For example, if "five more minutes" is the first thought that enters your head when you wake up, or if you tend to have a visceral, panicky...

Salesforce's Einstein AI tools will help developers make the business platform smarter.Image: Jakub Mosur Photography/SalesforceBy Brett Williams2017-06-28 16:40:27 UTC If you're a customer service rep sick of dealing with an endless inbox of complaints to sift...

Gilmore GirlsImage: Saeed Adyani/NetflixBy Proma Khosla2017-06-28 16:33:21 UTC Gilmore Girls' curmudgeonly Luke Danes may have served coffee for a living, but he would probably loathe the idea of starting his own coffee brand. Scott Patterson, the actor who plays...

By Sam Haysom2017-06-28 15:28:13 UTC [embedded content] There's a reason the music in Game of Thrones is so damn good. Obviously there are plenty of people behind the big orchestral scores, but the masterminding of the whole thing is down to one man: Ramin Djawadi. In...

Marlon Brando and a disheveled, depressed Francis Ford Coppola on the set of 'The Godfather.'Image: Paramount/Kobal/REX/ShutterstockBy Chris Taylor2017-06-28 15:16:25 UTC For better or worse, internet pop culture is obsessed with the minutiae of movie production. Once...

By Kellen Beck2017-06-28 14:53:42 UTC The Super NES Classic Edition is going to be a hot item this year, but one inventive creator beat Nintendo to the punch with their own SNES emulator. Yesterday, a Redditor shared a Frankenstein SNES creation with the world:...

Image: Pascal Le Segretain/amfAR2017/WireImageBy Martha Tesema2017-06-28 14:30:41 UTC Lindsay Lohan wants to help you live your best life, but only if you're willing to shill out a few bucks. The actress is launching her own lifestyle site on Preemium, and for a...

Image: hasbroBy Kellen Beck2017-06-28 14:00:00 UTC Nintendo and hasbro are teaming up for Monopoly Gamer, a new spin on Monopoly that brings the characters of Super Mario into the classic board game with a few new Mario-themed twists. On top of replacing the classic...

Image: Vogel/AP/REX/ShutterstockBy Jason Abbruzzese2017-06-28 13:28:10 UTC Kate Wagner is a 23-year-old grad student and the writer behind McMansion Hell, a blog that catalogues and critiques the ostentatious cookie-cutter houses that became emblematic of the U.S....

By Patrick Kulp2017-06-28 13:13:20 UTC When Square first unveiled its cash card earlier this year, the move had many people scratching their heads. What could a forward-thinking mobile payments app possibly want with an old-school plastic debit card? Well, if nothing...

This is us.Image: FreeformBy Laura Prudom2017-06-28 13:03:58 UTC Pretty Little Liars has always been about the mysteries: Who is A? Who is A.D.? Who will end up together? The June 27 series finale delivered answers aplenty, but the show's lasting legacy has nothing to...

Image: NYT CookingBy Jason Abbruzzese2017-06-28 13:00:00 UTC The New York Times can't live on news alone, so it's turning to bread. The Times is launching a new subscription service for its cooking vertical, the most recent in a series of experiments into ways to make...

iPhone 2020 For the iPhone's 10th birthday, we imagine its future by Raymond Wong iPhone 2020 For the iPhone's 10th birthday, we imagine its future by Raymond Wong If we asked you to close your eyes and describe an iPhone, the image in your head would be pretty clear....

By Yi Shu Ng2017-06-28 09:58:13 UTC It's not just you — this phone looks really familiar to us, too. North Korean company Mangyongdae Information Technology Corporation just dropped the Jindallae 3, and it looks a whole lot like an iPhone. This changes...

Mark Zuckerberg gets the AI treatment.By Sasha Lekach2017-06-28 08:56:49 UTC The Most Famous Artist is all about reverse-engineering art to find what works on social media. In his latest project, he's using artificial intelligence to create like-able and sell-able...

Just imagine that's Kevin Feige lining up to thank Diana for saving the day.Image: Warner Bros.By Angie Han2017-06-28 08:55:00 UTC Despite the fact that superhero movies have been all the rage for the past couple of decades, female superhero movies have been a more...

Pandora is out Down Under.Image: Paul Sakuma/AP/REX/ShutterstockBy Johnny Lieu2017-06-28 06:21:16 UTC Five years after relaunching in Australia and New Zealand, music streaming service Pandora is shutting up shop. Since 2012, the two countries were the only...

RIP, PLL.Image: FreeformBy Andrea Reiher2017-06-28 05:08:48 UTC Spoiler warning: This recap contains plot details for the Pretty Little Liars series finale, titled "Til Death Do Us Part." Pretty Little Liars came to a dramatic end Tuesday with an action-packed...

Trump's robot will have a few things to say in this hall.Image: Disney ParksBy Lance Ulanoff2017-06-28 01:45:03 UTC Disney is finally setting the record straight on President Donald Trump and its iconic Disney World exhibit, the Hall of Presidents. Trump. Will....

Image: RRPARTnersBy Las Vegas2017-06-27 23:18:05 UTC Las Vegas may not be the first place that pops into your head when the idea of a tech detox comes up. You’re practically expected to walk around the strip with your phone out to accurately...

All eyes are on Facebook for fighting hate speechImage: B. TONGO/EPA/REX/ShutterstockBy Marcus Gilmer2017-06-27 23:17:20 UTC As Facebook works to become more transparent about its strategy to combat hate speech, one of its public policy leaders published a lengthy...

By Katie Dupere2017-06-27 21:50:39 UTC [embedded content] Meet Sam. Sam is just a kid who wants to help you understand who he is. And he happens to be transgender. The trans boy is actually a brand-new toy in development, and his creators hope he explains what it...

Apple Maps could get a big updateImage: lance ulanoff/mashableBy Lance Ulanoff2017-06-27 21:20:51 UTC Apple is currently driving a tricked-out, super-data-sucking car all over the world, but no one really knows why. Details about where in the world to find the Apple...

By Andrea McNeil2017-06-27 21:04:41 UTC Promise Tamang is a popular online makeup artist known for serving looks that dramatically resemble famous characters and celebrities. The makeup guru's latest look might seem a little strange at first but if you've been on...

Image: NintendoBy Adam Rosenberg2017-06-27 20:54:56 UTC How can Nintendo be so good about building hype and so bad when it comes to delivering on that hype? A lot of us want to buy a Super NES Classic Edition, but the sad truth is: only a fraction will actually be...